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SEC34/1e.17m © The MATSEC Examinations Board reserves all rights on the examination questions in all examination papers set by the said Board. MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL MAY 2017 SESSION SUBJECT: Music PAPER NUMBER: I (Part I) – Section A – Musicianship DATE: 31 st May 2017 TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. EXAMINER’S PAPER 1. After listening to Mozart’s famous work Eine Kleine Nachtmusik TWICE, the candidates are to answer a number of multiple choice questions. (5) As regards for questions 2-3, all passages are to be played TWICE. 2a. Candidates are to listen to the following major triad and to state whether the note played after the triad is the root, the third or the fifth of the chord. (1) b. Candidates are to listen to the following passage and identify the chord indicated with an * as minor, major or diminished. (1) 3. Candidates are to listen carefully to the following 2/4 melody in the pentatonic major on C and write it down below. The tonic note is to be played before. (3) (Total: 10 marks)
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MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA
SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL
MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part I) – Section A – Musicianship
DATE: 31st May 2017
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 9:35 a.m.
EXAMINER’S PAPER
1. After listening to Mozart’s famous work Eine Kleine Nachtmusik TWICE, the candidates are to
answer a number of multiple choice questions. (5)
As regards for questions 2-3, all passages are to be played TWICE.
2a. Candidates are to listen to the following major triad and to state whether the note played after
the triad is the root, the third or the fifth of the chord.
(1)
b. Candidates are to listen to the following passage and identify the chord indicated with an * as
minor, major or diminished.
(1)
3. Candidates are to listen carefully to the following 2/4 melody in the pentatonic major on C and
write it down below. The tonic note is to be played before.
(3)
(Total: 10 marks)
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SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL
MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part II) – Sight Reading
DATE: 1st June 2017
EXAMINER’S PAPER
(Total: 4 marks)
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Voice
Sing the following, using ‘la’ for all the syllables:
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MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part II) – Sight Reading
DATE: 1st June 2017
EXAMINER’S PAPER
(Total: 4 marks)
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Pianoforte
Play the following:
Andante
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SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part II) – Sight Reading
DATE: 1st June 2017
EXAMINER’S PAPER
(Total: 4 marks)
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Clarinet / Saxophone
Play the following:
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MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part II) – Sight Reading
DATE: 1st June 2017
EXAMINER’S PAPER
(Total: 4 marks)
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B flat Trumpet / B flat Baritone
Play the following:
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MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part II) – Sight Reading
DATE: 1st June 2017
EXAMINER’S PAPER
(Total: 4 marks)
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Euphonium
Play the following:
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MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part II) – Sight Reading
DATE: 1st June 2017
EXAMINER’S PAPER
(Total: 4 marks)
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Violin
Play the following:
Andante
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MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part II) – Sight Reading
DATE: 1st June 2017
EXAMINER’S PAPER
(Total: 4 marks)
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Viola
Play the following:
Moderato
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MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA
SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL
MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: I (Part I)
DATE: 31st May 2017
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.
CANDIDATE’S PAPER
SECTION A – MUSICIANSHIP
1. After listening to Mozart’s famous work Eine Kleine Nachtmusik TWICE, write the correct
number in each indicated space.
a. What genre is Eine Kleine Nachtmusik? ____
i. Concerto Grosso
ii. Serenade
iii. Sonata
iv. Symphony
b. What tempo best describes the 3rd
movement? ____
i. Adagio
ii. Allegro
iii. Allegretto
iv. Largo
c. ‘Minuetto da Capo’ means: ____
i. repeat from the middle section.
ii. repeat from the beginning.
iii. repeat the last section.
iv. repeat the first section.
d. What best describes the first theme of the 4th
movement? ____
i. Chromaticism
ii. Legato
iii. Minuet
iv. Rocket Theme
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e. Mozart is a: ____
i. baroque composer.
ii. romantic composer.
iii. classical composer.
iv. contemporary composer.
(5)
As regards questions 2-3, all passages are to be played TWICE.
2a. Listen to the following major triad in root position. Is the note played after the triad, the root, the
third or the fifth of the chord?
______________________________________________________________________________ (1)
b. Listen to the following passage. Identify the chord indicated as minor, major or diminished.
______________________________________________________________________________ (1)
3. Listen carefully to the following 2/4 melody in the pentatonic major on C and write it down
below. The tonic note will be played before.
(3)
(Total: 10 marks)
SECTION B – THEORY
1. Rewrite the following extract grouping the notes correctly according to the time signature.
(There are FIVE errors).
(5)
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2a. Name the following TWO notes in the given clefs.
______ ______ (2)
b. In the empty second bar, write down the tied notes in the first bar as a one note-value.
(1)
c. Is the following melodic passage a real or tonal sequence?
_____________________________________ (2)
3. Write the following scales as indicated:
a. E Minor melodic ascending and descending with key signature:
(3)
b. G Minor harmonic ascending and descending with key signature:
(2)
Please turn the page.
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4a. Transpose the following extract in concert pitch for Horn in F.
(2)
b. Identify the given intervals fully.
_____________ _____________ _____________ (3)
(Total: 20 marks)
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UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA
SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL
MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: IIA
DATE: 31st May 2017
TIME: 4:00 p.m. to 6:05 p.m.
SECTION A – BASIC HARMONY
1a. Insert the correct key signature and write the cadences indicated below in four parts (SATB).
(4)
b. Look at the following excerpt, and indicate with a bracket [ ] a shift to the dominant key.
(1)
Plagal cadence in the key of E minor
Interrupted cadence in the key of G major
Perfect cadence in the key of Ab major
minor
Imperfect cadence in the key of A minor
minor
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2. Describe fully the chords marked with an *, and identify a 6 5 cadence with a bracket [ ].
4 3
*1 _______________ *2 _______________ *3 _______________ *4 _______________ (5)
3. Write down the specified chords for SATB in G Major using semibreves.
I
6 IV
6 ii V
6 I
(5)
4. Indicate suitable chords (e.g. IIb or II6) at the cadential points of the given melody in C Major.
You are required to write the last two chords of each cadence point below the stave.
(5)
(Total: 20 marks)
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SECTION B – ELEMENTARY COMPOSITIONAL SKILLS
1. Continue the given melody for bassoon or cello, creatively composing a further four to eight bars.
Specify the instrument chosen and include appropriate performance directions regarding tempo,
dynamics and articulation.
(Total: 15 marks)
Please turn the page.
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SECTION C – HISTORY AND ANALYSIS
1. Define the following forms:
a. Strophic
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__________________________________________________________________________ (2)
b. Verse and Refrain (or chorus)
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__________________________________________________________________________ (2)
2. Name TWO string instruments.
_________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
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3. Name TWO transposing brass instruments.
_________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
4. Name TWO performance instructions that violin players must observe when these are used and
explain how such performance techniques are carried out.
_________________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________ (6)
5. Name a pitched percussion instrument. ______________________________ (1)
(Total: 15 marks)
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Index No.:____________ SEC34/2B.17m
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MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA
SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL
MAY 2017 SESSION
SUBJECT: Music
PAPER NUMBER: IIB
DATE: 31st May 2017
TIME: 4:00 p.m. to 6:05 p.m.
SECTION A – BASIC HARMONY
1. Identify the key and the two cadences (in the same key) below.
Key:________ Cadence:____________ Key:_______ Cadence:______________ (5)
2a. The following excerpt is in the key of C major. Identify the modulation present and state how
the new key is related to the original key.
Modulation to:___________________ Key relationship:_________________ (2)
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b. Identify the following chords and their positions in the key of D major, using any one of the
conventional notational systems (e.g. Ib or I).
_______________ _______________ ________________ (3)
3. Indicate suitable chords (e.g. Ib or I6) at the cadential points in the melody below. You are
required to write down the last two chords of each cadence below the stave.
(5)
4. Identify the minor tonality indicated by the key signature below and write down the chords
specified.
Key: ____________ II6 (IIb) V
53 (Va)
(5)
(Total: 20 marks)
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SECTION B – ELEMENTARY COMPOSITIONAL SKILLS
1. Complete the given melody, creatively composing a further four to eight bars. Choose ONE of the
following instruments: clarinet, trumpet or flute. Include appropriate performance directions
regarding tempo, dynamics and articulation in your answer.
(Total: 15 marks)
Please turn the page.
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SECTION C – HISTORY AND ANALYSIS
1. Explain the difference between ‘soprano’, ‘alto’ and ‘bass’ in vocal music.
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______________________________________________________________________________ (3)
2. Explain the difference between ‘binary’ and ‘ternary’ forms.
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______________________________________________________________________________ (3)
3a. What is the meaning of the term ‘col legno’ with regards to stringed instruments?
__________________________________________________________________________ (1)
b. Which Italian word is used to mean ‘music gradually becoming louder’?
_______________________________ (1)
c. Which instrument has the highest pitch within the brass section of an orchestra?
_____________________________ (1)
4. Put the following three woodwind instruments in order of pitch, starting from the lowest:
Clarinet – Flute – Bassoon _______________________________ (3)
5. Which of the following instruments are non-transposing? (Circle the correct answer)
Viola: Yes / No Horn: Yes / No Piccolo: Yes / No (3)
(Total: 15 marks)
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